Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-11
2008-10-28
Pape, Joseph D (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C182S127000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07441820
ABSTRACT:
A tailgate ladder system includes a pickup bed that has a tailgate hingedly coupled to the pickup bed. A bottom wall is attached to the tailgate and a pair of supports is attached to the bottom wall. A pair of guides is provided and each of the guides has a first end and a second end. Each of the guides is pivotally coupled to one of the supports. The guides are selectively positionable in a stored position lying on the bottom wall or in a deployed position vertically oriented when the tailgate is horizontally oriented. A step assembly comprises a pair of legs each having a top end and a bottom end. A plurality of panels is attached to and extends between the legs. Each of the legs is slidably positioned in one of the guides. The legs are selectively positionable in an extended position or in a retracted position.
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